Why Do People use #Over to Mean that something has Ended, Stopped, Finished, Died? @TheRealRoxette #ItsOver #OverAndDone #GetOverIt @MSFTnews
... except when they say 'Starting Over' ... but even then; it usually means they're "ending the first attempt" ...
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Today, the song "It Must Have Been Love" popped into my head:
Today, the song "It Must Have Been Love" popped into my head:
"... It must have been love, But it's over now ..."'That word' (below-hyperlinked to that Roxette-video) is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The word “Over” is built on Bedrock it shares with words that mean |Hyper-, |Sirloin, |Somersault, |Soprano, Sovereign, Sum, |Summit, Super-, |Superb, |Superior, Supreme, |Sur-.”
Etymonline mentions the "Past, Done, Finished, Through with the Whole Extent (from Beginning to End)"-sense of 'Over,' and I think of 'crossing a bridge to go over to the other side.'
... Over often implies motion or extension where above would not; hence the difference in sense of the flying of a bird over or above a house, the hanging of a branch over or above a wall. In such uses over seems to represent greater nearness. [Century Dictionary]
The phrase "getting over" comes to mind—'getting over' a marriage ending in divorce, a relationship breaking-up, a myth broken by reality (such as 'our nation's leaders all know exactly what they're doing, and all the other nations leaders are nice friends who will support our own leaders without expecting support in return' ... a "get over it" infamously stated by Mick Mulvaney).
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